Belfort: Bomb Threat at Lycée, Establishment Evacuated

An anonymous caller reported the presence of an explosive device this morning at 8 am in Follereau Lycée in Belfort, bomb disposal service is in place and students evacuated …

Monday morning at 8 am, an anonymous phone call reported that an explosive device was in the Lycée Follereau in Belfort, the largest establishment with 1,750 students reported L’Est Républicain . The call was taken very seriously and students were evacuated to the outside of buildings. Parents are confined behind a security perimeter and “students who can go home, will be allowed to leave. For others, a catering service will be provided, “said in a statement the Prefecture of Territoire de Belfort.

A large presence of police and firefighters was deployed while the bomb disposal brigade is on its way to the Lycée, and the prefecture has opened an information line for concerned parents on: 03.84.57.16.26.